Hinge.



c. T. J. GILES.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13.1912.

Patented NOV. 4, 1913.

CIIESLEY T. J. GILES, OF GEEENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4%, 1913..

Application filed January 13, 1512. Serial No. 671,683.

To all whom 2'25 may concern Be it known that I, Cnnsnnr T. J. GILES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hinges and has for an object to provide a hinge so constructed as to be conveniently, readily and economically tamped from sheet metal and to provide improved means for hanging a blind.

.91 further object; of the invention is to provide a member adapted to be secured to a building having pintle openings at its opposite ends and also catch members with a. second member having a neck with pintles extending upon opposite sides of the neck, either one adapted to engage either of the openings of the first mentioned member, and with a cross bar adapted to engage with the catch at the end opposite the pintle opening which receives the pint-1e.

ll ith these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

in the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the improved hinges mounted upon fragments conventionally representing a building and a blind. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hinge, being reversed from the position shown at Fig. 1, showing in section a conventional building and blind.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pintle and pintle opening showing the formation of the opening and pintle whereby the pintle is retained in the opening. Fig. d is avieW similar to Fig. 3 showing the pintle opening square instead of D-shaped.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved hinge which forms the subject matter of this application is composed of two members, indicated at A and B, the member A. being intended to be attached to the building while the member 13 is to be attached to the blind. The member A comprises a plate 10 presenting the usual openings for screws or other fastening means, with second plate 11 at right angles to the first mentioned plate and when in position upon the building the plate 11 standing in substantially a horizontal plane.

The plate 11 is provided atits opposite ends with il shaped openings 12 and 13 and also with noses 14. and 15 which form part of the catch by the use of which the blind is locked in open position.

The member B comprises a plate 16 adapted to occupy a vertical plane and be attached to a blind and with a neck 1? bent at right angles and carrying a T head 18 terminating in oppositely extended pintles 19 and 20, such pint-les having offset or hook-shaped heads 21 and 22. The proportion of the hook-shaped heads 21 and 22 is such that they may be inserted through the D-shaped openings 12 and 13 when returned to the position shown in Fig. 3, which position would be with the blind at substantially a quarter turn so that when the blind is entirely open or entirely closed the pintle can not be withdrawn from such pintle openings. The neck 17 is also of such length and so proportioned as to swing freely about without permitting the plate 16 to engage the catch noses 1 1 and 15.

At its end opposite the neck 17 the plate 16 is provided with a bend producing a plate 23 h. ving an opening 24 which forms a. bar 25 proportioned and positioned to catch over the catch noses 1 1 and 15 when the blind is open and to be held in such position by the weight of the blind normally forcing the blind in the direction indicated by the arrow at Fig. 2 but vieldingly to pressure in the opposite direction to unlock such parts.

It will be apparent that the blind in closed position as shown at Fig. 1 may be opened without hindrance or obstruction to open position, the bar 25 sliding over the inclination of the nose 14 to become locked as indicated at Fig. 2, in which position it will be held by the weight of the blind, as above stated. To unlock the blind for closing, the blind is moved to move the hinge to dotted position shown at Fig. 2 whereupon the bar 25 will clear the nose 15 and permit the blind to close to closed position.

It will be apparent that the member A is always used the same side up and when used upon opposite sides of the window the different pintle openings 12 and 13 are employed but that the member B is reversed so that when used upon different sides of the blind the pintles 19 or 20 are alternately employed. At Fig. 1 the device is shown with the pintle 20 employed in the opening 13 while at Fig. 2 the device is shown with the pintle 19 in the opening 12.

Instead of making the pintle opening D- shaped which is its preferred form, the same result is accomplished by making the opening square as shown at Fig. l, the diagonal of such square being the longest dimension and the only position in which the head 21 of the opening.

I claim:

In a hinge, a stationary plate having ends formed with pintleopenings and catch noses, a movable plate having a central projecting portion of lesswidth than the movable plate extending from the end thereof, and bent at pintle will pass through such right angles to the movable plate, said e29 tending portion being formed with pmtles extending in opposite directions having re cessed jaws, and arranged to engage either i plate.

In testimony whereof I afiix in presence of two witnesses.

CHESLEY T. J. GILES.

Vitnesses DAVID W. SMoAK, J. E. LIPSCOMB.

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Washington, D. G.

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